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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Herewith a link to an earlier 'Saints of the day' for 9. March (including St. Pacianus; St. Vitalis of Castronuovo; St. Bruno [Boniface] of Querfurt; St. Frances of Rome; St. Catherine of Bologna): http://tinyurl.com/7aq87cc Further to Vitalis of Castronuovo: In that earlier post's notice of this saint, the Italian-language article on Sant'Angelo in Monte Raparo apparently is no longer available. Here's another view of the church when it was still standing: http://tinyurl.com/7bcvmr4 In the same notice, the link to a distance view of Rapolla's much rebuilt cathedral no longer functions. Use these instead: http://www.flickr.com/photos/basilicatatravel/4004527786/lightbox/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrearapolla/1534423886/lightbox/ http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/7068871.jpg In the same notice, to the view of the facade of Rapolla's cathedral add these views of the rebuilt west portal: http://www.flickr.com/photos/basilicatatravel/3650984522/lightbox/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/basilicatatravel/3650993774/lightbox/ In the same notice, the link to the four-page picture gallery of Rapolla's cathedral also no longer functions. Further to Frances of Rome: In that earlier post's notice of this saint, add this view of the apse decor of Rome's basilica di Santa Francesca Romana: http://mydas.ath.cx/bourgogneromane/roma/FRANCESCA-ROMANA3.jpg In the same notice, the link to a view of a page of Frances' Vita by Giovanni Mattiotti no longer functions. In the same notice, the link given for the illustrated, Italian-language page on Frances' monastery at the foot of the Campidoglio was incorrect. Use this instead: http://www.tordespecchi.it/public/index.php?Storia:Il_monastero Further to Catherine of Bologna: In that earlier post's notice of this saint, the link to a view of the facade of the chiesa di Corpus Domini in Bologna no longer functions. Use these instead: http://www.donbosco-torino.it/image/04/8-S_Caterina2_Bologna.jpg http://tinyurl.com/87mp2rn http://tinyurl.com/75gr4pu Today (9. March) is also the feast day of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (d. earlier 4th cent.). Herewith a link to an earlier 'Saint of the day' post on these saints: http://tinyurl.com/85lj7z4 In that earlier post, the link to an illustrated, English-language page on the church of the Forty Martyrs at Veliko Tarnovo no longer takes one there. Use this instead: http://tinyurl.com/8yjebl8 An expanded set of portrayals of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste is at no. 1 here: http://tinyurl.com/7bgz5uy To that expanded set of portrayals add: a) These views of the suffering of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste as depicted in the eleventh-century frescoes of the cathedral of St. Sophia in Ohrid: http://tinyurl.com/3wtju2a http://tinyurl.com/3pmw94u http://tinyurl.com/3tborgf b) These additional views of the suffering of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste as depicted in a twelfth-century fresco in the church of Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis at Kakopetria (Limassol prefecture) in the Republic of Cyprus: http://tinyurl.com/3eo7jfp http://tinyurl.com/3cnbwn3 http://tinyurl.com/4xfrc6b http://tinyurl.com/3buyvxv c) The individual Sebastean martyrs as depicted by Theofanis Strelitzas-Bathas (a.k.a. Theophanes the Cretan) in the earlier sixteenth-century frescoes (1545 and 1546) in the katholikon of the Stavronikita monastery on Mt. Athos and as shown here in expandable views (all of the single portraits on these three pages): http://tinyurl.com/7lnru5y http://tinyurl.com/7wgo47o http://tinyurl.com/78lj8jx d) This view of the suffering of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste as depicted by George the Cretan in an earlier sixteenth-century fresco (1547) in the Dionysiou monastery on Mt. Athos: http://pravicon.com/images/sv/s1838/s1838003.jpg Best, John Dillon ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html